House Of Beating Wings

"Cry, Mermaid!" a sharp lash sliced into my back, forcing a yelp from my lips. Screams and sobs surrounded me on all sides, but no one would save me. Strong hands caught me beneath my arms and yanked me from the water. It was time for Tail Cut. The operation lasted hours. I felt every last slice of their blades, every new tendon sewn into my muscles and nail hammered into my bones. I screamed. I begged. I begged for them to stop, for them to kill me, just ended the pain. --- I have a secret, I am a mermaid. I should live in the ocean, but my tail was cut and I only owned legs. After escaping to Asterion, I hid my identity. I thought I could finally live a peaceful life, until that day I met the famous bad boy, the future Alpha, Caspian. --- I felt a strange prickling on the back of my neck. I spun around just in time to see Caspian prowling towards me through the darkened wings, his blue eyes positively glowing. Sharp white teeth flashed as Caspian's lips unfurled into a lethal grin, "Hello Mate."

Echo was a ghost but she had no idea till Lorenzo moved into her house and she realized that he is the only one that can see her. She had no idea how and when she died or why her ghost is still in her house but Lorenzo took it upon himself to help her figure it out. A billionaire turned ghost, a hope of being reborn, a possibility of love but most importantly, the mystery surrounding her death is what she hoped Lorenzo can help her figure out but how will she handle the fact that he might be doing it for his selfish interests. Will she be able to accept her new life, can she handle all the betrayal and will she be capable of forgiveness?

At the annual company party, my boyfriend of three years openly flirted with the beautiful new secretary right in front of everyone. Without hesitation, I kicked him and his family out of my house where they had been freeloading for all this time. Humiliated and angry, he lashed out: "Sarah, this is all because you can't even get pregnant! Three years together and not a single child. If you just accept Amy in our relationship, you can still be the lady of this house!" Later on, his company was investigated for fraud. He ended up in prison, and to top it all off, it turned out the child wasn't even his to begin with.

Emma couldn't say she loved Luxstay in this life. And Luxstay in this life loves Emma with all her life. A marriage took place in name, Cupid's arrow shot accidentally hit two hearts that were beating intensely, creating a memorable emotional scene. It turned out that she was just a tool for him to take revenge from the start, it turned out that he didn't really love her in the first place. When she learned the truth of the past, Luxstay was in despair again. The last time of her life was meant for Luxstay to calm down, but at the last minute she was in danger because she took a bullet for Emma. When the warm rays of early spring landed on earth, Emma's nominal wife of two years left him. Five years after the death of his late wife, Emma lives as if half of her soul has been stripped. At his most desperate moment, when darkness engulfed his mind, he met her - a girl who looked exactly like Luxstay. “Five hundred million, become my secretary.”

"Mommy, that man on TV has the same golden eyes as us. Is he the daddy you said was dead?" (***) One night of scorching passion with a stranger at a masquerade ball left Bridgett Abbott pregnant and alone. Disowned by her conservative family, she fled to raise her three rowdy pups in the human world, fighting tooth and nail just to survive. Five years later, desperate for a job to save her family from eviction, she walks into the glass tower of Moonlight Corp and freezes. The CEO, the ruthless Alpha Jordan Hayes, is the stranger from that night. Bridgett tries to run, but it’s too late. Jordan doesn't just recognize her intoxicating scent—his Alpha instincts go wild the moment he senses three little hearts beating in the building's nursery. He has hunted for his Mate for five years, but he never expected to find her hiding his heirs. "When were you planning to tell me I have three pups, Bridgett? Or were you planning to steal my legacy forever?"

She sacrificed everything for him because of the love they had for each other. Hailey went to the extent of disobeying her parents just to marry him. But at last, he surprised her with a divorce paper with his name already signed. How can an orphan who she helped do this to her? He kicked her out of the house she greatly assisted him to build because his first love was back. Of course, she left the house, but then something intriguing happened. ~~~ Excerpt “Congratulations, ma'am. You're pregnant.” Dr. Derrick announced with a smile curving his lips. “What!” Hailey's eyes widened in shock. “ My husband and I just got divorced…”

"Tell me, Mr Blue. Was it worth it? Is it worth it? Will it be worth it?" It wasn't and it never will be. Not in Erin's eyes tinted blue. Not in the eyes of the hopeless young man doomed to the clutches of fate; doomed to eternal pain. Did beauty lie between the cracks of fate? Does the Moon know of the Sun who died every night to let the Moon breathe? Erin, a poor, hospital bound boy just wants to be like everyone else, to love someone. Every day, he escapes to the virtual world with his wings of freedom, creating his own reality where things goes the way he wants. That world gave him a real, painless body, with infinite possibilities. Life got that much harder when, Uriel, a rich boy enters this realm and steals Erin’s world. The man who says the ugliest of words with the smoothest of tones. Does he help Erin, or dig him deeper? OR Erin wanted love and got pain instead. Things changed, and so did Uriel. INCLUDES: futuristic virtual reality, Persian mythology (minor), romance, sci-fi, slow burn, enemies to friends to lovers, rich/poor dynamic, mythology, distance, cold families, battles, quests, stars and moon metaphor. WARNING: includes mentions of depression, swearing, and sexually explicit content.

"I, ALPHA LUCIOUS DARK, REJECT YOU AS MY MATE! YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A WEAK HUMAN, AND THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF LUNA I WANT FOR MY PACK!" I declared, locking my intense gaze with hers. I noticed her eyes welling up with tears, and I could hear the rapid beating of her heart in response to my harsh words. ********* Aurora finds herself forced into an unwanted marriage with Lucious Dark, a notorious and dreadful Alpha. However, Lucious has a desperate need for an heir to break a curse placed upon him by his father. Despite her reluctance, Aurora is sent to Lucious' chambers to fulfil her duties as his forced Bride. But instead of accepting her as his mate, Lucious coldly rejects her. Yet, driven by his desire for something she possesses, he makes a disturbing decision; he accepts Aurora as his sex slave, reducing her to a life of pain but pleasure… What happens next when he just can't help but get attracted and obsessed with Aurora? What happens when Aurora finds a second chance mate?

On her 21st birthday, Mara dies—then her heart begins beating again. Born from a forbidden union between a vampire king and a powerful witch, Mara was smuggled into the human world before the Court could slaughter her. Raised in foster care, she never knew her lineage… or the enemies waiting in the shadows. Captured at sixteen after her magic exploded into existence, she became servant to the vampires she secretly despises. And when her abilities prove too dangerous to ignore, she’s claimed as personal property by Valen, the ruthless Vampire King with blood-red eyes and a smile sharpened on secrets. He’s cruel. He’s commanding. And he has no idea she’s the lost heir destined to destroy his world. But when her immortality awakens in his arms and her magic binds itself to his, one truth becomes impossible to deny: He’s the monster who should fear her. And she’s the girl who can’t stop wanting him. Enemies. Fate. Desire that could drown them both. Some promises are written in blood.

When Asher Terrell's family crumbled into bankruptcy, I stood steadfast by his side. We lived in a dank basement, where I toiled through three jobs to help clear their crushing debts. He bounced back and proposed, promising me a true home. Three years into our marriage, I discovered the deed to our house bore the name of his first love. "This is what I owe her," he confessed. Swallowing my pain, I nodded and pushed forward a photo from back when we were crammed in that basement, with a whole table piled high with debt notices. "You've paid your debt to her with our house," I said. "But what about the debt you owe me?"